State Management

NEGATIVE_KEYWORD_PAUSED Negative Keyword is Paused

Negative Keyword Paused Status

The negative keyword is paused and not delivering metrics.

What causes this error?

This is more of a status indicator than a hard error. It means the negative keyword was manually paused—either by a human in the ad console, or by another automated software tool.

How to fix it

If it should be running, switch the state field to ‘ENABLED’ in your request payload to turn it back on. However, be sure to check why it was paused in the first place (sometimes it’s to protect margins!).

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